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Sunday, August 31. 2008

You have been duly warned: Crash on the Levee

Go away, and never go back unless you enjoy floods and evacuations, because NO is below sea-level. NOLA is warning residents that no help will be provided to those who choose to stay behind as Hurricane Gustav nears:

With the latest forecasts predicting that Hurricane Gustav could strike New Orleans as soon as Labor Day, city leaders warned Friday that anyone who failed to evacuate would find no government-provided shelter.

Any of the city's 310,000 residents who stay behind must assume "all responsibility for themselves and their loved ones," said New Orleans' emergency preparedness director, Jerry Sneed.

"It's sugar for sugar and salt for salt, if you go down in the flood it's gonna be your fault..."

Posted by The Dylanologist in The Song and Dance Man at 13:56 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Crash on the Levee..

Gee. Just like the good ole days when folk took responsibility for their own actions.

How can government allow this?

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#1 Meaux on 2008-08-31 16:53 (Reply)
My thought exactly.
#1.1 BD on 2008-08-31 17:56 (Reply)
THAT was the lesson of Katrina everyone missed. The libs. framed the debate and and the conservatives took the bait.
#2 DickieT on 2008-08-31 21:28 (Reply)

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